Gender Focus: Put Women at the Presidential Debate Podium
League of Women Voters–Photo Credit: lwvia.org/Google It’s been 20 years since a female journalist has been chosen to moderate a presidential debate. Yes, women have held the post for vice presidential...
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Strange Problems in Distant Lands Some shows have given an unchallenged platform to extremists…. Conservative clerics have used the airwaves to reinforce prejudice and even urge violence against...
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Corporate news media paid what looked like sympathetic attention to consumer activism that, within weeks, saw the ingredient known as “pink slime” removed from ground beef sold in major supermarkets...
View ArticleCongress’s Missing Coverage
Looking for information about whom you might send to Congress? Don’t count on your local paper. (cc photo: Cedward Brice) A well-informed electorate is perhaps the most essential ingredient for a...
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